I've just had a message from the garden owner , it's F. Splendens. ( although the flowers are different to those Mr Google showed me. ) Sorry @Borderline.
I've just had a message from the garden owner , it's F. Splendens.
Googling around idly I found this -
"Many people are unaware that the small purple fuchsia fruits are
entirely edible – although some are more palatable than others! Fuchsia
splendens is often considered to have the best flavour. "
Can anybody back this up??? If anybody had asked me, I would have said "they're probably poisonous"!
I've eaten fruits of trailing fuchsias and they're OK rather than delicious. Maybe the splendens are better, like some strawberries are better than others and so on.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Fuchsia fruits are definitely edible. The Australia Fuchsias, Correa Backhouseana and Reflexa can be grown in very sheltered gardens in the UK. They are evergreen and flower during the winter months. A good addition for those that like the Fuchsia look.
I really enjoyed the programme - what a great season opener. Loved “The frustrated gardener”, what an inspiration! Goes to show you don’t need acres of land to create something impressive. And what a lovely personality 😊 Was good to see Carol again, I like her passion for gardening. Hopefully Monty will keep working on that Paradise garden though, at the moment it looks a bit like a bus stop in the desert. But I’m sure he already has a plan how to turn it into something special.
I agree the paradise garden has a bit of work yet, but I love seeing how any garden develops from the planning stage, to the bare bones then the planting and how it develops over time. Thats something gardening programmes like GW and Beechgrove are very good at.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Last night's programme can be seen on You Tube under "Gardeners World Episode 1 2019" if anyone missed it and there being no repeat. (Maybe preaching to the converted)
It will be interesting to see how the Paradise Garden develops. Nothing much to see yet, as is typical of any garden under development. I thought the 'Frustrated Gardener' section was interesting but, as has been asked on another forum, wonder what has to be done to keep all those tender plants safe over winter. I wouldn't want a garden where as much time was spent wrapping, moving and unwrapping plants as was spent simply enjoying the garden. Each to their own though.
@KT53, my guess is he doesn't have to spend "much time wrapping , moving and unwrapping" . He's on the south coast and very sheltered. I'd bet he spends a lot less time wrapping etc, than folk with a similar sized garden spend cutting their grass. I spend one day moving tender stuff into the polytunnel , and one day moving them back out, that's 363 days of neither.
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Sorry @Borderline.
"Many people are unaware that the small purple fuchsia fruits are entirely edible – although some are more palatable than others! Fuchsia splendens is often considered to have the best flavour. "
Can anybody back this up??? If anybody had asked me, I would have said "they're probably poisonous"!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Loved “The frustrated gardener”, what an inspiration! Goes to show you don’t need acres of land to create something impressive. And what a lovely personality 😊
Was good to see Carol again, I like her passion for gardening.
Hopefully Monty will keep working on that Paradise garden though, at the moment it looks a bit like a bus stop in the desert. But I’m sure he already has a plan how to turn it into something special.
He's on the south coast and very sheltered. I'd bet he spends a lot less time wrapping etc, than folk with a similar sized garden spend cutting their grass.
I spend one day moving tender stuff into the polytunnel , and one day moving them back out, that's 363 days of neither.